Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins · Alabama

Kardoes Rubber, a HEXPOL Co

Lafayette, AL · ~88 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kardoes Rubber, a HEXPOL Co runs at 138% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins workplace, earning a grade D.

Kardoes Rubber, a HEXPOL Co: 4.6 TCR = 138% of Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kardoes Rubber, a HEXPOL Co safety composite

Kardoes Rubber, a HEXPOL Co scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 21%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

F

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

Kardoes Rubber, a HEXPOL Co held a steady TCR band

Kardoes Rubber, a HEXPOL Co's TCR held near 0.1 from 5.3 in 2016 to 5.2 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.3 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.3 · 2017=3.1 · 2018=5.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325991 · Lafayette, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.6 · 138% of ind

  • DART 3.1 DART
  • RANK #9/13
  • PHOTO MPA (Infinity LTL En…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~88 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MPA (Infinity LTL Engineering Compounds) (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kardoes Rubber, a HEXPOL Co in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Kardoes Rubber, a HEXPOL Co averages 4.6 TCR (138% of the Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Kardoes Rubber, a HEXPOL Co TCR series: 2016=5.3 · 2017=3.1 · 2018=5.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Kardoes Rubber, a HEXPOL Co falls in its industry

342 Custom compounding (i.e., blen establishments

Safer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 13 Custom compounding (i.e., blen employers in Alabama.

Kardoes Rubber, a HEXPOL Co (88 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.5 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Kardoes Rubber, a HEXPOL Co
Kardoes Rubber, a HEXPOL Co (88 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Kardoes Rubber, a HEXPOL Co has more employees than the Custom compounding (i.e., blending and m median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2018 5.2 3.1 5 0 0
2017 3.1 3.1 3 0 0
2016 5.3 5.3 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325991 · AL · Lafayette

342 Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 6 employers in Lafayette, AL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR MPA (Infinity LTL Engineering Compounds) 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sealed Air Corporation 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR MTX 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Virginia Poly 4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Southern Division Complex 88 FTE
STATE-SIZE Process Service Group, LLC 88 FTE
STATE-SIZE Miller & Miller, Inc. 88 FTE
STATE-SIZE Blake Brothers Service Corp 88 FTE
CITY-NEAR Saehaesung AL Inc LaFayette Plant 98 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tallapoosa River Electric Cooperative 71 FTE
CITY-NEAR East Alabama Lumber 69 FTE
CITY-NEAR LaFayette Extended Care 68 FTE
NAT-TCR Rescar - Loc#540 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR SCC of Booker T Washington Rehabilitation Center 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Inspections 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR South Place SNF D/B/A South Place 4.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Champps Americana Restaurant & Bar 88 FTE
NAT-SIZE Craig HomeCare-Grand Island 88 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tomra NY Recycling- Rotterdam 88 FTE
NAT-SIZE Linel a Divison of Mestek 88 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.